| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UTSA |
| Conference | The American |
| Record | 5–5 (.500) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1989-11-17) November 17, 1989 (age 35) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Playing career | |
| 2008–2012 | Emory |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013–2015 | Clemson (graduate assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | Nicholls State (assistant) |
| 2018–2023 | Nicholls |
| 2023–2024 | Alabama (assistant) |
| 2024–present | UTSA |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2012–2013 | George Mason (director of player development) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 95–66 (.590) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Southland regular season (2021, 2022) | |
| Awards | |
| Southland Coach of the Year (2021) | |
Austin Claunch (born November 17, 1989) is an American college basketball coach. He has served as the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) since 2024.
Playing career
Claunch played four years at Emory, where he was a three-time First Team All-University Athletic Association selection, finishing his career with the Eagles as the school's all-time assists leader, and ranking eighth all-time in career points.
Coaching career
After graduation, Claunch spent the 2012–13 season as the director of player development under Paul Hewitt at George Mason, and from 2013 to 2015 served as a graduate manager at Clemson before being named the assistant video services director for the Tigers for the 2015–16 season.
Claunch earned his first collegiate assistant coaching position at Nicholls State, joining Richie Riley's staff. After two seasons as an assistant, he was elevated to the head coaching position at Nicholls when Riley accepted the head coaching position at South Alabama.
Claunch was named the head coach of UTSA on March 17, 2024.
Head coaching record
NCAA DI
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholls Colonels (Southland Conference) (2018–2023) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Nicholls | 14–17 | 7–11 | T–9th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Nicholls | 21–10 | 15–5 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Nicholls | 18–7 | 14–2 | 1st | |||||
| 2021–22 | Nicholls | 21–12 | 11–3 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Nicholls | 16–15 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| Nicholls: | 90–61 (.596) | 58–28 (.674) | |||||||
| UTSA Roadrunners (American Athletic Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | UTSA | 5–5 | 0–0 | ||||||
| UTSA: | 5–5 (.500) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 95–66 (.590) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "UTSA Names Austin Claunch Head Men's Basketball Coach". University of Texas at San Antonio. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- "Austin Claunch". Emory.
- "Austin Claunch Bio". Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- "Austin Claunch Named Nicholls Basketball Assistant Coach". Nicholls State University.
- "The Official Website of Nicholls Athletics". www.geauxcolonels.com.
- "Austin Claunch selected as Colonels 12th head men's basketball coach – Nicholls State University". Nicholls State University.
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